VHML

English

Proper noun

VHML

1. Initialism of Virtual Human Markup Language, an XML-based language used to accommodate the various aspects of human-computer interaction.
   • 2001, Marriott et al., "VHML - Directing a Talking Head", in Jiming Liu, ed., Active Media Technology: 6th International Computer Science Conference, page 90,

     VHML is currently being used in several Talking Head applications as well.

   • 2004, Matthias Klusch et al., "Interactive Information Agents and Interfaces", in Robert W. Proctor and Kim-Phuong L. Vu (eds.), Handbook Of Human Factors In Web Design,^[1] Routledge, →ISBN, page 229,

     As an alternative to character-specific adjuncts to programming languages, XML-compliant character scripting languages have been be defined, such as VHML (www.vhml.org) or MPML (www.miv.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/MPML/).

   • 2004, Patrick Gebhard, Martin Klesen, Thomas Rist, “Coloring Multi-character Conversations through the Expression of Emotions”, in Elisabeth André et al., editors, Affective Dialogue Systems: Tutorial and Research Workshop, ADS 2004 Proceedings‎^[2], Springer, →ISBN, page 138:

     […] this approach shares similarities with proposals for character scripting languages comprising emotion tags, such as AML, APML, MPML, or VHML.

References

• vhml.org, the VHML home page